• New article from the Springfield Shopper: A Sneak Peek for “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes” has been released!
  • New article from the Springfield Shopper: Season 36 News: Even more Preview Images for “O C’mon All Ye Faithful” have been released!
  • New article from the Springfield Shopper: Season 36 News: The stories which the segments of “Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes” are based of have been announced!
  • Wikisimpsons needs more Featured Article, Picture, Quote, Episode and Comprehensive article nominations!
  • Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Click here for your invite! Join to talk about the wiki, Simpsons and Tapped Out news, or just to talk to other users.
  • Make an account! It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you.
TwitterFacebookDiscord

Difference between revisions of "Pops Freshenmeyer"

Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
 
(14 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
{{Cleanup}}
+
{{Character
 +
|name = Pops Freshenmeyer
 +
|image = [[File:Pops Freshenmeyer.png|250px]]
 +
|gender = {{Male}}
 +
|hair = Brown
 +
|age =
 +
|status = Alive
 +
|job = [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] worker
 +
|appearance = "[[Team Homer]]"
 +
|voiced by =
 +
}}
 +
 
 
'''Pops Freshenmeyer''' is an employee at [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].
 
'''Pops Freshenmeyer''' is an employee at [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].
−
When Homer needs a sponsor for his bowling team, he asks Mr. Burns, whom is currently experiencing ether-induced hallucinations. Burns' visuals portray Homer as Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury mascot, so in his elevated mood he writes a check. Later on in the episode, Burns is alerted when he discovers he wrote a check out "To my pal, Poppin' Fresh". Smithers uses a computer to search the employee file in order to identify any possible impersonators and comes up with two results. First is Pops Freshenmeyer, who is said to have no resemblance and is ruled out. Second is Homer, and when the computer overlays his picture to that of Poppin' Fresh, the results indicate a "perfect match". ("[[Team Homer]]")
 
  
−
{{Stub}}
+
== History ==
 +
When Homer needed a sponsor for his bowling team, he went to see Mr. Burns, who was then experiencing ether-induced hallucinations. Burns visually portrayed Homer as [[Poppin' Fresh]], the Pillsbury mascot, so in his elevated mood he wrote a check. Later, when Burns had recovered, he was annoyed to discover that he had written a check out "to my pal, Poppin' Fresh". Smithers used a computer to search the employee file in order to see who could have pulled off such an impersonation, coming up with two possibilities. First was Pops Freshenmeyer, whose picture was overlaid on that of Poppin' Fresh with no resemblance. Second was Homer, and when his picture was overlaid on that of Poppin' Fresh, the computer indicated a "perfect match". The probability of the computer making an error was 1 in 44 billion.<ref>"[[Team Homer]]"</ref>
 +
 
 +
== Behind the Laughter ==
 +
Chris Turner, in his book ''Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation'', wrote "As of writing, there are no two words yet extant in the annals of human communications that are likely to send me into a fit of hysterical giggling as these two words: 'Pops Freshenmeyer.' Such is the extraordinary power of a great one-off gag on ''The Simpsons''."<ref>''Planet Simpson'' (2004)</ref>
 +
 
 +
== Appearances ==
 +
*{{ep|Team Homer|(picture)}}
  
−
{{Simpsons characters}}The probability odds of a "perfect match" were 1 in 44 Billion. Chris Turner, International bestseller and Author of the book "Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented
+
== References ==
 +
{{Reflist}}
  
−
an Era and Defined a Generation" was quoted saying "As of writing, there are no two words yet extant in the annals of human communications that are likely to send me into a fit of
+
{{Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|employees=yes}}
 +
{{Simpsons characters}}
 +
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freshenmeyer, Pops}}
  
−
hysterical giggling as these two words: 'Pops Freshenmeyer.' Such is the extraordinary power of a great one-off gag on ''The Simpsons'' (2004)."
+
[[Category:Adults]]
−
[[Category:Mentioned characters]]
+
[[Category:Non-speaking characters]]
−
[[Category:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant employees]]
+
[[Category:Picture-only characters]]
 +
[[Category:One-time characters]]

Latest revision as of 18:17, December 30, 2021

Pops Freshenmeyer
Pops Freshenmeyer.png
Character Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Status:
Alive
Hair: Brown
Occupation: Springfield Nuclear Power Plant worker
First appearance: "Team Homer"
v • d • e • h


Pops Freshenmeyer is an employee at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

History[edit]

When Homer needed a sponsor for his bowling team, he went to see Mr. Burns, who was then experiencing ether-induced hallucinations. Burns visually portrayed Homer as Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury mascot, so in his elevated mood he wrote a check. Later, when Burns had recovered, he was annoyed to discover that he had written a check out "to my pal, Poppin' Fresh". Smithers used a computer to search the employee file in order to see who could have pulled off such an impersonation, coming up with two possibilities. First was Pops Freshenmeyer, whose picture was overlaid on that of Poppin' Fresh with no resemblance. Second was Homer, and when his picture was overlaid on that of Poppin' Fresh, the computer indicated a "perfect match". The probability of the computer making an error was 1 in 44 billion.[1]

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Chris Turner, in his book Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation, wrote "As of writing, there are no two words yet extant in the annals of human communications that are likely to send me into a fit of hysterical giggling as these two words: 'Pops Freshenmeyer.' Such is the extraordinary power of a great one-off gag on The Simpsons."[2]

Appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Team Homer"
  2. ↑ Planet Simpson (2004)


Retrieved from "https://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Pops_Freshenmeyer&oldid=1120985"
  • Modified on December 30, 2021, at 18:17.
  • Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
  • Powered by MediaWiki